Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1958 · 1h 55m

Gigi

Director

Cast

Leslie Caron as Gilberte "Gigi" Maurice Chevalier as Honoré Lachaille Louis Jourdan as Gaston Lachaille Hermione Gingold as Madame Alvarez ("Mamita") Eva Gabor as Liane d'Exelmans Jacques Bergerac as Sandomir

Crew

Joseph Ruttenberg — Director of Photography Adrienne Fazan — Editor Alan Jay Lerner — Screenplay Colette — Novel Arthur Freed — Producer Cecil Beaton — Production Design

Tagline

Thank heaven for Gigi

Synopsis

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

Mood & Themes

paris, france based on novel or book jewelry courtesan musical champagne based on play or musical coming of age playboy love memory class differences

Key Collaborators

Vincente Minnelli Director Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography Adrienne Fazan Editor Alan Jay Lerner Screenplay Colette Novel Arthur Freed Producer Cecil Beaton Production Design Cecil Beaton Costume Design

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